News about Emperor Meiji

Following the death of the previous 114-year-old holder, the world's oldest man has died just two days after being awarded the award, aged 112. Gisaburo Sonobe, born on November 6, 1911, was crowned Japan's oldest living man in November 2022 at the age of 111. He died in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, China, but the reason for his death is unknown. Sonobe's life spanned 41,000 days, and he left a legacy behind, becoming a world record holder for two of them. The former world's oldest man lived through an incredible series of events beginning with the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912, to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.